Joseph McIlvaine

Joseph McIlvaine (2 October 1769-19 August 1826) was a US Senator from New Jersey from 12 November 1823 to 19 August 1826, succeeding Samuel L. Southard and preceding Ephraim Bateman.

Biography
Joseph McIlvaine was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania in 1769, and he became a lawyer in New Jersey in 1790, practicing in Burlington. He was county clerk from 1796 to 1800, county court clerk from 1800 to 1823, and a US Attorney from 1804 to 1820, and he was elected to the US Senate in 1823 as a Democratic-Republican following Samuel L. Southard's resignation. He served until his death in 1826.